Csd 580 Audiology Final Exam Prep Updated Questions And Correct Answers

CSD 580 AUDIOLOGY FINAL EXAM PREP UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Otoscopy Proper Technique
Answer:
- Start with the unaffected ear first if able
- Choose speculum size
- Hold the otoscope in your preferred hand
- Place pinky on head to brace
- Look at the surrounding ear structures
- Pull the pinna up and back
- Gently insert otoscope specula
- Once you see tympanic membrane, ask
yourself, is it normal?

Question:
2. Microtia
Answer:
abnormal shaped pinna




Question:
3. Atresia
Answer:
abnormal ear canal shape




Question:
4. Otitis media

, Answer:
middle ear infection the most common reason why kids go to the doctor

Question:
5. Why is looking for pits and preauric-ular tags impor-tant?
Answer:
because these defects can serve as markers for underlying medical issues

Question:
6. Tympanometry
Answer:
measures the pressure in the ear, the compliance or mobility of the eardrum, and the ear canal volume

Question:
7. What are the units of mea-surement used in tympanometry?
Answer:
- decapascals (daPa) for pressure
- cc or mL for compliance
- mL for Ear Canal Volume (ECV)

Question:
8. Tympanogram Type A
Answer:
the peak is inside the box normal




Question:
9. Tympanogram Type As
Answer:
small peak indicates some mobility kids who had middle ear fluid and the ear is still healing may
have this




Question:
10. Tympanogram Type Ad